Malcom X Flashcards
Who is Malcom X?
- prominent African American civil rights activist
- powerful advocate for Black empowerment
- spokesman for the Nation of Islam
What are Malcom Xs achievements ?
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Actions: What happened to MX in 1946?
-sentenced to 8 to 10 years in prison for larceny and burglary
- joined nation of Islam
Actions: What happened to MX in 1952?
- released from prison
- devoted himself to serving muhammed
Who is Muhammad?
Leader of nation of Islam
Actions: What did to MX do in 1957?
became Muhammad’s national representative
Actions: What did to MX do in Feb. 1964?
left the nation of Islam
Actions: What did to MX do in 1964?
- Founded his own organisation of Afro-American unity
- advocated pan-Africansism
What does the Nation of Islam believe?
- Black people are the original people of the world
- Whites = race od devils? Created by evil scientist named Yakub
- Black people superior to white people
- Wallace Fard Muhammad (founder of the Nation) was God incarnate
- Elijah Muhammad: Messenger/Prophet
What were the goals of Malcom X?
- Fought for Black people to have their own tights
- Black Power, Black self defense
- separation of Black and White Americans
What was MX’s opinion on the Civil Rights Movement ?
Rejected it’s strategy of nonviolence
- black people should defend themselves if the government was unwilling or unable to protect Black people
- criticized MLK and the mainstream civil rights movement for it’s emphasis on nonviolence and racial integration
What was the public perception of Malcom X?
- Important to those who were a part of the long denied history of American citizenry
- not everyone likes his aggressive style
- stood out by his social critique
- widely celebrated figure within African-American and Muslim-American communities for his pursuit of racial justice
